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  2. United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the ...

  3. Children's rights education - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Compared to children who have not received children’s rights education, children who have received children's rights education are more likely to have an accurate and adult-like understanding of rights, to understand that rights and responsibilities are related, and to display socially responsible behaviors in support of the ...

  4. Student rights in higher education - Wikipedia

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    Student rights are those rights, such as civil, constitutional, contractual and consumer rights, which regulate student rights and freedoms and allow students to make use of their educational investment. These include such things as the right to free speech and association, to due process, equality, autonomy, safety and privacy, and ...

  5. Student bill of rights - Wikipedia

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    At any level, student bills of rights can provide students with an understanding of their legal rights: rights pertinent to all citizens and rights specifically pertinent to students in the educational setting. When used as a statement of belief, however, a student bill of rights often includes the natural rights that an organization feels ...

  6. Teaching for Change - Wikipedia

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    Teaching for Change is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 and based in Washington, D.C., with the motto of "building social justice, starting in the classroom." [citation needed] This organization uses publications, professional development, and parent organizing programs to accomplish this goal.

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In 1983, the ACLU joined with another juvenile rights group to sue the state for its treatment of inmates at Dozier and two other facilities. According to the lawsuit, guards hog-tied children , forcing them to lay on their stomachs on concrete slabs for hours at a time while their hands and feet were bound behind them in shackles and handcuffs.

  8. Children's rights - Wikipedia

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    Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."

  9. U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    Children with no standing in court cannot divorce until reaching 18 years of age. Babies, children and teens can be denied safe lifesaving medical help because of parental religious beliefs. The Convention also addresses issues concerning education, health care, juvenile justice, and the rights of children with disabilities. [2]